Hurricane Fey

Hurricane Fey was the 6th named storm of the 1950 Hurricane Season. It was the strongest and deadliest storm of the season, prompting the name Fey to be retired in it's first year of use

History
After several Invests failed to develop into anything of concern and we hit a lull in the 1950 Hurricane Season, a wave came off of Africa that was developing at a slow pace. As soon as Invest 1950-11E hit Mid-Atlantic waters, which had heat and energy buildup from no storms to feed, 11E began to develop into Hurricane Fey at a frighteningly rapid rate, becoming a Category 3 when it was directly east of Florida. At that time, the model predicted landfall in Georgia as a Category 5 hurricane, causing the state's population to prepare for the worst. However, as it intensified into a Category 4, Fey began to shift direction and spared Georgia entirely. However, Fey's new track put the Virginias, Maryland, and Delaware in the storm's sights as it intensified into a Category 5. Before landfall, Fey weakened into a Category 4. The storm then weakened along the coastline. By the time Fey disappeared, 316 people lost their lives and millions of dollars of damage was left behind. At the end of the season, the National Weather Service officially retired the name Fey from circulation, and it would be replaced by Felicia beginning in the 1956 Hurricane Season.